Re:Where’s _why? (2012)
by mcphage on Monday February 10, 2020 @04:16PM
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> Why? Because we say so?
Because people were using it, and depending on it.
> It was his content to delete.
A major contributor in a large, active programming community just up and deleted all of his stuff, and you expect people to be just "huh, well, whatever, everything's probably fine."?
Re:Where’s _why? (2012)
by jacquesm on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:28PM
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Yep. Consider your response in interaction with future major contributors to large, active programming communities. Because people can, and sometimes will, take their marbles and go home if you piss them off enough.
Re:Where’s _why? (2012)
by mcphage on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:16PM
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Yeah, exactly. If leftpad and bukkit taught us anything, it’s that contributor licensing agreements are really necessary. Otherwise you’re building your entire edifice on sand.
Because people were using it, and depending on it.
> It was his content to delete.
A major contributor in a large, active programming community just up and deleted all of his stuff, and you expect people to be just "huh, well, whatever, everything's probably fine."?